In 2014, EU-OSHA launched a 3-year project to help improve OSH outcomes for all MSEs across Europe. The project was commissioned to a group of researchers making up the ‘SESAME’ (Safe Small and Micro Enterprises) consortium, and it has three main objectives: (1) to provide support for evidence-based policy recommendations, (2) to identify good practices in terms of policies, strategies and practical solutions to improve OSH management and facilitate the development of new or existing practical tools and (3) to inform future research on the determinants of good OSH.

The 2-year Healthy Workplaces Campaigns are carried out in over 30 European countries and are recognised as the largest occupational safety and health campaigns of their kind in the world. Their core message is that successful management of workplace safety and health is good for workers, business and society as a whole.

The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) reports on employers’ needs for support and expertise, and identifies the factors that can encourage or hinder risk prevention. The survey collected responses from almost 50,000 enterprises and covered both public and private sector enterprises in more than 30 countries.